Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to yards is 0.33333333333333, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.33333333333333 yards:

1 ft = 0.33333333333333 yd

To convert 50.9 feet into yards we have to multiply 50.9 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.33333333333333 yd

50.9 ft → L_(yd)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in yards:

L_(yd) = 50.9 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 16.966666666667 yd

The final result is:

50.9 ft → 16.966666666667 yd

We conclude that 50.9 feet is equivalent to 16.966666666667 yards:

50.9 feet = 16.966666666667 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.058939096267191 × 50.9 feet.

Another way is saying that 50.9 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.058939096267191 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty point nine feet is approximately sixteen point nine six seven yards:

50.9 ft ≅ 16.967 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point zero five nine times fifty point nine feet.

Conversion table

feet to yards chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to yards